AKEL C.C. Press Office, 14th June 2017, Nicosia The Ministry of Defense issued a statement yesterday to reply to AKEL on the Cyprus-Israel military exercise conducted in the Troodos mountain range, but without answering the questions raised about the purpose of this specific exercise. Dangers for the country can’t be created by the questions…

AKEL C.C. Press Office, 13th June 2017, Nicosia It has been confirmed that a big military exercise of the Republic of Cyprus and Israel is currently being conducted on Cypriot territory, with the participation of 400 commandos from the Israeli army’s Special Forces, about which no official statement has so far been issued, either…

Under the title “A period of proactive relationship with the EU”, Guven Ozalp – correspondent of Turkish daily Hurriyet newspaper (14.06.17) in Brussels – writes that the full text of the two-page document that the EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker conveyed to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting on May 25, in…

US Vice President Mike Pence assured President Nikos Anastasiades on Thursday that no one can question Cyprus’ sovereignty, in a meeting which Anastasiades described as “very friendly.” Read full article at CyprusMail.

Turkish Cypriot daily Ortam newspaper (08.06.17) reports that addressing a meeting of the Harmonization Committee with the EU at the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) on the current situation in Turkey’s relations with the Union, Turkish Deputy Minister responsible for the EU, Selim Yenel, stated yesterday that the Cyprus problem plays a very significant…

Cyprus is very close to a solution, which could bring great economic benefits for both communities on the island through the exploitation of its hydrocarbons, former US Vice President Joe Biden has said. Read full article at CyprusMail.

THE UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was never going to allow two years of talks go to waste because President Anastasiades decided he no longer wanted to play peace process, having found a new game to play – re-election. The UN had invested far too much in the drive for a settlement to give it…

The dinner hosted by UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres for President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci will be held at the UN headquarters in New York at 7pm Sunday (2am Cyprus time), it was announced on Friday. Read full article at CyprusMail.

Ankara Anatolia news agency (01.06.17) reports that the so-called presidential spokesman of the Turkish Cypriot leader, Baris Burcu,stated on Wednesday that the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will hold a meeting with the two leaders in Cyprus, at the UN Headquarters in New York on June 4. Burcu said in a written statement that the…

US Ambassador to Cyprus John Koenig has stated that the Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiades is responsible for the collapse of the negotiations. Koenig shared a message from his Facebook account saying “There is plenty of blame to share around, but one person stands out as the cause of the impasse and collapse: This…